How do you test your data projects? Do you even test? Let's face the truth that data processing solutions are very rarely tested ... So let's start with fundamentals of (not only data warehouse) testing.

If you want to work for yourself, you need to be able to sell yourself. I know, I hate it too - it feels gross when I write it that way. I'm Brent Ozar. You recognize my name, that's why you wanna learn this from me.

An introduction to the philosophy of tidy data and the collection of R packages called Tidyverse that help to treat your data appropriately. Including lots of demos from ingesting to cleaning to visualizing your data.

Users of Plan Explorer often only utilize the basic capabilities to tune execution plans. This session will cover more advanced techniques to get the most out of SentryOne's FREE execution plan analysis tool.

Curious about Visual Recognition and Object Detection in Azure? Are you wondering what the difference is between the Computer Vision API and the Custom Vision API? Get up Speed with the Vision API in less than an hour!

Let's learn about what Always Encrypted is, how it works, and the implications for your environment. By the end you will know how to now easily encrypt columns of data and just as importantly how to unencrypt.

Join this session if you are interested in the administration scenarios of the big data clusters, including tooling for monitoring, how to deploy and secure the environment, and to learn about the latest improvements.

About

SQLBits was started by a group of individuals that are passionate about the Microsoft Data Platform.
There is a breadth of knowledge in the data community that will benefit everyone.
We want to spread that knowledge.

We all work in the data and SQL space, some of us for many years. We have a range of skills and experiences from being given the MVP award by Microsoft, organising user groups and speaking at events around the world.